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National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology

Protecting and Promoting Access to Complex Rehab Technology

Welcome to NCART, the National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology. NCART is a national association of suppliers and manufacturers of Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) products and services that are used by individuals with significant disabilities and medical conditions.

CRT products include medically necessary and individually configured manual and power wheelchairs,seating and positioning systems, and other adaptive equipment such as standing devices and gait trainers. This specialized equipment requires evaluation, configuration, fitting, adjustment, or programming to meet the individual’s medical needs and maximize function and independence.

NCART’s mission is to ensure that federal, state, and private coverage and reimbursement policies allow individuals with significant disabilities to have adequate access to specialized and individually configured products and services.

In order to ensure access, NCART works with consumers, clinicians, and physicians along with federal, state, and private policy makers to establish and protect appropriate coverage, coding, supplier standards, and funding policies.

Our website is designed to provide a variety of information regarding CRT. This includes educational materials, alerts on federal and state issues that are impacting access, and advocacy tools and resources. We hope you find the information on this site helpful and encourage you to get involved in protecting and promoting access to CRT. Contact us at info@ncart.us if we can be of assistance. Thanks for your interest and participation!

Introduction to Complex Rehab Technology Video

"Complex Rehab Technology- Essential for health. Essential for life." provides an introduction to Complex Rehab Technology from the perspectives of individuals who rely on it each day for their health and independence, physicians who prescribe it, and consumer organizations that work to protect access. The video also highlights current challenges and changes needed to ensure adequate access.

Complex Rehab Technology: 25 Years After The Americans With Disabilities Act

The country recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Complex Rehab Technology is critical to fulfilling the promise of that legislation for people with disabilities. Congress and other policy makers must take action to protect, not compromise, access to CRT for the people with disabilities who rely on it.

Find an NCART Qualified CRT Supplier

Select a state to find an NCART qualified Complex Rehab Technology Supplier new you.

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Help Stop Cuts to CRT Manual Wheelchair Accessories

Representatives Lee Zeldin (R-NY) and John Larson (D-CT) have introduced H.R. 3730 to stop CMS’ application of Medicare Competitive Bid pricing to accessories used with CRT manual wheelchairs. This will replace the previously introduced broader bill, H.R. 1361, written to prohibit CMS from using Competitive Bid pricing for accessories used with either CRT power or CRT manual wheelchairs.

Passage of this new bill is needed to fix the current disparity that prevents people who use a CRT manual wheelchair from having the same access to CRT accessories as those using a CRT power wheelchair.

Help Get a Separate Category for CRT

Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) needs to be separately recognized in order to improve and protect access for people with disabilities who rely on this unique equipment for their medical and functional needs. Legislation has been reintroduced in the House of Representatives (H.R. 750) to establish a separate benefit category for CRT and a Senate companion bill will be reintroduced shortly. Email your Members of Congress asking them to cosponsor the bill and help get it passed this year. Sign up for updates to keep track of our progress!